Peter D. Neff, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Associate

University of Rochester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

227 Hutchison Hall Rochester, NY 14627

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Glaciology – Geochemistry – Ice Cores – Paleoclimatology – Polar and Alpine Ice Coring

EDUCATION

2015 Ph.D. Geology Victoria University of Wellington “Antarctic and Southern Ocean dust transport pathways: forward-trajectory modeling and rare earth element source

constraints from the RICE ice core.”

2012 M.Sc. Geological Sciences University of Washington “Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-glacier site: Mount Waddington, southwest

British Columbia, Canada.”

2009 B.Sc. (w/ distinction) Earth & Space Sciences University of Washington

EXPERIENCE

Post-Doctoral Research Associate Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA August 2015 – present -14CO in Antarctic ice core samples -Amundsen Sea coastal ice dome ice coring project development

PhD Candidate / Research Assistant Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington and GNS Science, Wellington, New Zealand March 2012 – June 2015 -Trace element geochemistry (Thermo Element 2 and Element XR sector-field ICP-MS) -Ice core driller, 2012-2013 austral summer, 130 – 764 m depth, Roosevelt Island, Antarctica -Roosevelt Island ice core processing and continuous flow analysis, 2012, 2013, 2014 austral winters -Electrical conductivity measurements, 50 – 764 m depth http://www.victoria.ac.nz/antarctic/research/research-prog/rice/

MSc Candidate / Research Assistant Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA September 2009 – March 2012 -Logistics lead and field co-lead, 2010 boreal summer, Mt. Waddington, BC, Canada ice coring, 0 – 141 m -Mt. Waddington ice core stable isotope, black carbon, dust, and lead (Pb) analysis, UW Δ*IsoLab and Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV -Results published in Journal of Glaciology http://depts.washington.edu/isolab/index.php?menu=2&id=6

WAIS Divide Science Coordination Office Representative University of New Hampshire / US National Ice Core Lab, Denver, CO, USA June – August 2011 -Chief SCO representative, WAIS Divide core processing line, 10 weeks, 1950 – 3330 m depth -Coordinator of primary-investigator participation, weekly science talks for core processing personnel -Weekly blog updates for WAIS Divide ice core community

http://www.waisdivide.unh.edu/ProjectUpdates/ViewProject.shtml

WAIS Divide Science Technician University of New Hampshire / WAIS Divide Ice Core Project, West Antarctica November 2009 – February 2010 -Ice core handler, 1514 – 2564 m depth http://www.waisdivide.unh.edu/

Research Assistant University of Washington Stable Isotope Laboratory (Δ*IsoLab), Seattle, WA, USA September 2006 – June 2009 -Technician processing ice cores and samples for water stable isotope analysis (US-ITASE, WAIS Divide) -Operating, maintaining mass spectrometers and cavity ring-down instruments (Micromass IsoPrime, LGR DLT-100) -Analysis of N-15 and O-18 of nitrate from ice core samples -Contributions acknowledged in peer-reviewed journal publications, including Science http://depts.washington.edu/isolab

Elementary Science Teacher Bellevue Montessori School, Bellevue, WA, USA September 2008 – May 2009

FIELDWORK

2015-2016 austral summer - Taylor Glacier, Antarctica Ice core drilling and gas extractions for in-situ cosmogenic and paleo-atmospheric 14C study. Vasilii Petrenko, PI. 2012-2013 austral summer - Roosevelt Island, West Antarctica

Deep ice core drilling, 130 – 765 m depth. Alex Pyne, drilling lead, Nancy Bertler, PI. 2010 boreal summer - Mt. Waddington, British Columbia, Canada

Alpine ice core drilling, 0 – 141 m depth. E. Steig, D. Clark, E. Pettit, and J. McConnell, co-PI’s. 2009-2010 austral summer - WAIS Divide, West Antarctica

Ice core handling, 1514 – 2564 m depth. K. Taylor, PI. 2007 boreal summer - Summit Camp, Greenland

Air sampling for University of Washington study of N and O isotopes of nitrate in ice cores. E. Steig, PI.

TEACHING

February 2016. Guest lecture, University of Rochester, EES 218 Atmospheric Geochemistry, “Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen.”

February 2016. Guest lecture, University of Rochester, EES 105 Intro to Climate Change, “Climate Models.” January 2014 & 2015. Guest lecture, Victoria University of Wellington, ESCI 201 Climate Change and New

Zealand’s Future, “Antarctic Ice Cores.” August-October 2012, 2013. Teaching assistant, Victoria University of Wellington, ESCI 132 Antarctica: Unfreezing

the Continent.

SERVICE / OUTREACH

Reviewer for Journal of Glaciology, Annals of Glaciology, Science of the Total Environment, Environmental Research

Contributor, “Carnet Glacé: Journal de bord d'une mission scientifique en haute montagne.” French-language book documenting PhD student’s experience at Mt. Waddington ice core site. Published December 2014, Editions Libel. http://www.editions-libel.fr/maison-edition/boutique/carnet-glace/

Science Advisor, New Zealand IceFest, September-October 2014. Content creation and review for “Antarctic Time Travel” exhibit; invited speaker for public events “Fresh Faced Antarcticans” and “Climate Change is Generation Y’s issue?” 27 September to 12 October, 2014, Christchurch, New Zealand. nzicefest.co.nz

Reviewer/Contributor, American Meteorological Society Climate Studies Textbook, April 2014. Chapter 9: The Climate Record: Paleoclimates.

“Ice core drilling,” Antarcticglaciers.org, March 2014. Blog-style article on ice drilling at Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and-climate/ice-cores/ice-core-drilling/

Radio New Zealand – Our Changing World, August 8th, 2013. “Melting Ice Cores from the RICE project.” http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/20130808

Scientists-in-the-Classroom Mentor, 2013-2014. Sinagua Middle School, Flagstaff, AZ, USA. Remote advising on student research paper and science game exploring climate and glacier change.

Anna McKee artist collaboration, 2009-present. Presentations and gallery showings featuring the work of Anna McKee, 2009-2010 US Antarctic Program Artist in Residence. http://www.annamckee.com/

Mt. Waddington reliquaryMt. Waddington drill camp landscape (pencil, paint)

WAIS reliquary: 68,000 years and 3400 m depth represented by actual water samples from every meter of the WAIS Divide ice core.

AWARDS

2013, 2014 VUW Antarctic Research Centre Endowed Development Fund research grant

2012-2015 Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution PhD Scholarship, Victoria University of Wellington

2011 American Alpine Club Research Grant

2009 National Association of Geoscience Teachers/U.S. Geological Survey Summer Field Camp Award

2009 University of Washington Department of Earth and Space Sciences Undergraduate Service Award

2005 National Science Olympiad 1st place winner, 3rd place team overall (Prairie HS)

PUBLICATIONS

Published

Winton, VHL, Edwards, R, Delmonte, B, Ellis, A, Andersson, PS, Bowie, A, Bertler, NAN, Neff, P and Tuohy, A (2016). Multiple sources of soluble atmospheric iron to Antarctic waters. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi:10.1002/2015GB005265.

Tuohy, A, Bertler, N, Neff, P, Edwards, R, Emanuelsson, D, Beers, T and Mayewski P (2015). Transport and deposition of heavy metals in the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023293.

Neff, PD and Bertler, NAN (2015). Trajectory modeling of modern dust flux to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 120, 9309-9322, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023304.

WAIS Divide Project Members (incl. P Neff) (2015). Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age. Nature, 520, 661-665, doi: 10.1038/nature14401.

Neff, PD (2014). A review of the brittle ice zone in polar ice cores. Annals of Glaciology, 55(68), 72-82, doi: 10.3189/2014AoG68A023

Souney, JM, Twickler, MS, Hargreaves, GM, Bencivengo, B, Kippenhan, M, Johnson, JA, Cravens, E, Neff, PD, Nunn, R, Orsi, AJ, Popp, TJ, Rhoades, J, Vaughn, BH, Voigt, DE, Wong, GJ and Taylor KC (2014). Core handling and processing for the WAIS Divide ice-core project. Annals of Glaciology, 55(68), 15-26, doi: 10.3189/2014AoG68A008.

WAIS Divide Project Members (incl. P Neff) (2013). Onset of deglacial warming in West Antarctica driven by local orbital forcing, Nature, 500, 440-444, doi: 10.1038/nature12376.

Steig, EJ, Ding, Q, White, JWC, Küttel, M, Rupper, SB, Neumann, TA, Neff, PD, Gallant, AJE, Mayewski, PA, Taylor, KC, Hoffmann, G, Dixon, DA, Schoenemann, SW, Markle, BR, Fudge, TJ, Schneider, DP, Schauer, AJ, Teel, RP, Vaughn, BH, Burgener, L, Williams, J and Korotkikh, E (2013). Recent climate and ice-sheet changes in West Antarctica compared with the past 2,000 years. Nature Geoscience, 6(5), 372-375, doi: 10.1038/ngeo1778.

Neff, PD, Steig, EJ, Clark, DH, McConnell, JR, Pettit, EC and Menounos, B (2012). Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-glacier site: Mount Waddington, southwest British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Glaciology, 58(212), 1165-1175, doi: 10.3189/2012JoG12J078.

In preparation, submitted, in review, or accepted

Emanuelsson, BD, Bertler, NAN, Renwick, JA, Markle, BR, Baisden, WT, Keller, ED and Neff, PD. The role of the Amundsen-Bellingshausen Sea anticyclonic circulation for marine air mass intrusions and West Antarctic climate. (in preparation, 2016).

Emanuelsson, BD, Bertler, NAN, Markle, BR, Renwick, JA, Neff, PD, Tuohy, A, Keller, ED and Baisden, WT. Climate signals preserved in a high resolution water stable isotope record from the Roosevelt Island ice core. (in preparation, 2016).

Neff, PD, Bertler, NAN, Tuohy, A., Edwards, R. 20th century dust provenance at Roosevelt Island, Antarctica from rare earth element geochemistry. (in preparation, 2016).

PRESENTATIONS

Neff, P., Bertler, N., Fudge, T.J., Steig, E.J., Conway, J., Medley, B. Amundsen Sea coastal domes: targeted Holocene ice core sites. (Poster) International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences 2nd Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Neff, P., Bertler, N. Trajectory modeling of modern dust to Antarctic ice core sites. (Poster) International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences 2nd Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Neff, P., A review of the brittle ice zone in polar ice cores. (Poster) International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences 2nd Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Edwards, R., Vallelonga, P., McConnell, J.R., Bertler, N.A.N, Curran, M. A. J., Sigl, M., Fudge, T.J., Anschuetz, H., Neff, P.D., Emanuelsson, D., Bisiaux, M., Goodwin, I.D., Smith, A., Taylor, K.C., Moy, A., Fetieng, W., Ellis, A. and Winton, V. H. Dating Antarctic ice cores using high temporal resolution black carbon records. (Poster) International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences 2nd Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Petrenko, V.V., Hmiel, B., Neff, P., Smith, A., Buizert, C., Etheridge, D. and Dyonisius, M. The potential of 14CO in glacial ice as a tracer for past cosmic ray flux and atmospheric hydroxyl radical abundance. (Poster) International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences 2nd Open Science Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, March 7-11, 2016.

Neff, P., Bertler, N., Fudge, T.J., Steig, E., Conway, H. and Pyne, A. Amundsen Sea coastal domes: targeted Holocene ice core sites. (Oral) 2015 WAIS Divide Ice Core / SPICE Core Science Meeting, La Jolla, California, USA, September 22-23, 2015.

Neff, P., Bertler, N., Fudge, T.J., Steig, E., Conway, H. and Pyne, A. Amundsen Sea coastal domes: targeted Holocene ice core sites. (Oral) Amundsen-Bellingshausen Sea Coastal Domes Workshop, Loveland, Colorado, USA, September 19-20, 2015.

Neff, P., Bertler, N., Fudge, T.J., Steig, E., Conway, H. and Pyne, A. Amundsen Sea coastal domes: targeted Holocene ice core sites. (Oral) Twenty-Second Annual WAIS Workshop, Loveland, Colorado, USA, September 16-19, 2015.

Neff, P., Tuohy, A., Bertler, N. and Edwards, R. Antarctic and Southern Ocean Mineral Dust Aerosol Transport Pathways: Forward-Trajectory Modeling and Source Constraints Derived from the RICE Ice Core. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.

Bertler, N. and many (incl. Dadic, R., Emanuelsson, D., Naish, T., Neff, P. and Tuohy, A.). The Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) Project – Did the Ross Ice Shelf Collapse During MIS 5e? (Oral) American Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.

Kjær, H.A., Vallelonga, P., Simonsen, M., Neff, P., Bertler, N., Svensson and Dahl-Jensen, D. Initial Continuous Chemistry Results From The Roosevelt Island Ice Core (RICE). (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.

Tuohy, A., Neff P., Bertler, N. and Edwards, R. 1000 Year Record of Heavy Metal Contamination from the RICE Ice Core, Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.

Kjær, H.A., Vallelonga, P., Simonsen, M., Neff, P., Bertler, N., Svensson, A., Seierstad, I., Albert, P. and Bourne, A. Re-evaluating the 1257 AD eruption using annually-resolved ice core chemical analyses. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2014 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 15-19, 2014.

Neff, P., Fudge, T.J., Medley, B. Amundsen Sea coastal domes: high-resolution Holocene ice core sites. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 2014 Open Science Conference, Auckland, NZ, August 25-28, 2014.

Neff, P., Tuohy, A., Bertler, N., Edwards, R. Exploring extra-Antarctic air transport pathways using Rare Earth Element concentrations in dust from the RICE ice core, Roosevelt Island, Ross Sea Sector. (Poster) Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research 2014 Open Science Conference, Auckland, NZ, August 25-28, 2014.

Neff, P., Bertler, N., Edwards, R., Tuohy, A. Lanthanide element studies of aerosol particles in an ice core from Roosevelt Island, Antarctica. New Zealand Snow and Ice Research Group Meeting, Aoraki Mt. Cook National Park, NZ, July 2-4, 2014.

Neff, P., Fudge, T.J., Medley, B. Amundsen Sea coastal domes: high resolution Holocene ice core sites. IDPO Community Workshop on Ice Coring, Irvine, California, USA, February 26-27, 2014.

Pettit, E., Neff, P., Steig, E., Clark, D., McConnell, J. The neglected middle child: temperature and water content in the percolation zone. Twentieth Annual WAIS Workshop, Sterling, Virginia, USA, September 29 – October 2, 2013. Available online: ftp://sidads.colorado.edu/pub/projects/waisworkshop/2013/presentations/session5/Pettit.pdf

Neff, P., Bertler, N., RICE Community. Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project update. (Poster) 2013 WAIS Divide Ice Core Science Meeting, La Jolla, California, USA, September 24-25, 2013.

Neff, P., Bertler, N., Pyne, A., Mandeno, D, RICE Community. Roosevelt Island Climate Evolution (RICE) project: ice core quality at an intermediate depth site. (Poster) 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, September 9-13, 2013.

Neff, P., Steig, E., Clark, D., Pettit, E. Ice core drilling at a high-accumulation temperate-glacier site: Combatant Col, Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. (Poster) 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, September 9-13, 2013.

Mandeno, D., Pyne, A., Bertler, N., Neff, P. Ice coring at Roosevelt Island: Drill design, performance and refrigeration solutions at a low altitude “warm coastal” Antarctic location. 7th International Workshop on Ice Drilling Technology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, September 9-13, 2013.

Pettit, E.C., J. M. Theis, P. D. Neff, E. J. Steig, D. H. Clark, J. R. McConnell. A new polythermal regime? An advection-dominated seasonally layered accumulation area at Mount Waddington, British Columbia. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2012 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 3-7, 2012. Available online: http://ice.gi.alaska.edu/node/497

P. D. Neff. Ice-core net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at a temperate-glacier site: Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada. New Zealand Snow and Ice Research Group Monthly Video Seminar, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, September 5, 2012.

Steig, E., J.W.C. White, B. Markle, P. Neff, T. Fudge, S. Schoenemann, Q. Ding, K. Taylor, A. Orsi, J. Severinghaus, J. McConnell, S. Rupper, T. Neumann, M. Kuettel, P.A. Mayewski, J. Fegyveresi, R. Alley, A. Gallant, D.A. Dixon and T. Jones. WAIS Divide ice core evidence of changes in climate and ice dynamics in West Antarctica, Holocene to present day. International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences, First Open Science Conference, 1-5 October, 2012, Presqu’île de Giens, France.

Fudge, T.J., Steig, E., Taylor, K., White, J., Vaughn, B., McGwire, K., Neff, P., Waddington, E., Conway, H., Markle, B., Schoeneman, S., Brook, E., Sowers, T. Abruptness of climate change in West Antarctica: a 30 ka stable-isotope ice-core record on an annually resolved timescale. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research Open Science Meeting 2012, Portland, Oregon, USA, July 13-25, 2012.

E.J. Steig, J.W.C. White, B. Vaughn, P. Neff, S. Schoenemann, B. Markle, Q. Ding, T.J. Fudge, and K. Taylor. A high resolution stable isotope record from central West Antarctica covering the last 62,000 years. (Oral) European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, 2012.

McKee, A. and P. Neff. In search of messages: a journey through ice landscapes. Thin Ice Exhibition, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, Idaho, USA, January 5, 2012.

Neff, P. D., Steig, E. J., Clark, D. H., McConnell, J. R., Pettit, E. C., and Menounos, B. An ice core record of net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry at Mount Waddington, southwest British Columbia, Canada. (Poster) American Geophysical Union Fall 2011 Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA, December 5-9, 2011. Available online: http://depts.washington.edu/isolab//posters/Neff_Waddington_AGU_2011.jpg

Neff, P. D., Steig, E. J., Clark, D. H., McConnell, J. R., and Pettit, E. C. An ice core record of net snow accumulation and seasonal snow chemistry: Mt. Waddington, British Columbia, Canada. Northwest Glaciologists’ Meeting, Portland State University, October 14-15, 2011.

McConnell, J.R., Flanner, M., Fritzsche, D., Kahl, J., Kreutz, K., Lamarque, J.F., Layman, P., Neff, P., Nolan, M., Pasteris, D., Steffensen, J.P., Steffen, K., Steig, E., Vallelonga, P., A history of industrial heavy metal pollution in the Arctic since 1750 from a developing array of ice cores, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 4-6, 2011.

Neff, P. D., Steig, E. J., Clark, D. H., McConnell, J. R., and Pettit, E. C. 2010. Mt. Waddington Ice Core Project: NWG 2010 Update. (Oral) Northwest Glaciologists’ Meeting, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, October 8-9, 2010.